ADVISORY/EDA Consortium Vice-Chairman Jacques Benkoski to Present Study Linking Investment in Design Technology to Financial Success at DATE 2003.

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ADVISORY...for Thursday (March 6)

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2003

On behalf of the EDA Consortium, Dr. Jacques Benkoski, EDA Consortium vice-chairman and president and CEO of Monterey Design Systems, will present the findings of Dr. Handel Jones, who was commissioned to analyze the financial impact of semiconductor companies' investments in design technology. The study spans the period from 1995 to 1998 and shows a significant positive correlation between the level of investment in design technology and subsequent financial results.

Who: Dr. Jacques Benkoski, vice-chairman of EDA Consortium, president and CEO of Monterey Design Systems

What: Presentation title: "Design Technology Focus Increases IC Vendor Profits"

When: Thursday, March 6, 11:00AM

Where: DATE 2003, Messe Munich, Germany

About Monterey Design Systems: Monterey Design Systems provides electronic design automation software that enables integrated circuit designers to take their circuits from completed logic design to manufacturing ready output. Built to handle the most demanding semiconductor process requirements, the company's products -- IC Wizard(TM) hierarchical design planner, Sonar(TM) physical synthesis and prototyper, and Dolphin(R) physical implementation system -- combine to provide the most streamlined physical design flow on the market. Monterey Design Systems is privately held and partners with other leading EDA companies, such as Cadence (NYSE:CDN) and Synopsys (Nasdaq:SNPS), to ensure interoperability in all existing design flows. Key customers include Toshiba, LSI Logic, STMicroelectronics, Fujitsu Ltd., Flextronics Semiconductor, and NEC Electronics. Monterey Design Systems is located at 894 Ross Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1443, tel: [phone], fax: [phone], http://www.montereydesign.com